The Right Way to Hire the Right People

Description: Hiring the right person for the job is the key to ensuring the employee’s success, improving the effectiveness of the work team or department, and reducing employee turnover. Participants will develop their hiring and interviewing skills through activities that demonstrate how to identify critical job skills and attributes, design the best interview questions, and conduct behavioral interviews. Using these techniques will increase the district’s success in selecting the right person to fill every vacancy.

Topics covered:

Identifying critical attributes for success
Developing the best interview questions
Conducting behavioral interviews
Probing for critical information
Identifying red flags
Getting the most out of reference checks

Audience:

Human resource staff
Campus and central office administrators
Auxiliary supervisors
Interview team members